Family history of venous thrombosis or sudden death as a risk factor for venous thromboembolism

Thromb Haemost 2012; 107(06): 1191-1192
DOI: 10.1160/TH11-12-0845

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Authors

Paolo Prandoni

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Martin H. Prins

²Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Technology Assessment, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Angelo Ghirarduzzi

³Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Angiology, S Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Vittorio Pengo

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Maria T. Sartori

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Maria C. Ugolotti

³Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Angiology, S Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Alessia Bracco

¹Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
Maria R. Veropalumbo

³Department of Internal Medicine, Unit of Angiology, S Maria Nuova Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Franco Noventa

⁴Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Group of Clinical Epidemiology, University of Padua, Italy
Anthonie W. A. Lensing

⁵Centre for Vascular Medicine, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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